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The Futile

by Dane C. Johns

A punk band’s act of resistance

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A punk band’s act of resistance

In a near-future society where the state controls public access to art, news, and books, The Futile puts music at the center of a political struggle. The band’s road journey becomes more dangerous after state media draws attention to them, putting its members and some of their family in the authorities’ sights. The premise connects creative expression with censorship and resistance, while the band’s plan to challenge the leader’s re-election gives the story a clear political conflict. Its young adult setting and performing-arts subject matter place the story at the intersection of music, family, and dissent.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in music-centered fiction
  • Readers drawn to stories about censorship, political resistance, and authoritarian rule
  • Readers interested in punk rock bands and performing arts

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Music and creative expressionCensorship and state controlPolitical resistanceFamily

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Book overview

In a near future world, where critics of the authoritarian leader are imprisoned and media has become a state sponsored tool for repression, one punk rock band goes on the road to start a revolution with their music.

 

But the members of The Futile are fighting more than just the upcoming (and likely rigged) re-election of J. R. Rankin-the man who decides what art, music, books and news can be consumed by the public. When one of their own secretly brings The Futile to the attention of state media and causes them to be a target for Rankin himself, the band-and some of their family members-find themselves on the run. They won't be silent. They will stick with their very public and very dangerous plan to take down Rankin-even if they might not make it out of this final act of rebellion and revolution alive.

 

Written with plenty of humor and heart, The Futile is ultimately a book about how people have the power to change themselves-and their world-even in the darkest of times.

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